Bill Text: TX HB3870 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to required disclosures by certain health care facilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-04 - Referred to Public Health [HB3870 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3870-Introduced.html
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| By: Smithee | H.B. No. 3870 | |
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| relating to required disclosures by certain health care facilities. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 324, Health and Safety Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subchapter D to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER D. REQUIRED DISCLOSURES BY CERTAIN FACILITIES | ||
| Sec. 324.151. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies only | ||
| to: | ||
| (1) an ambulatory surgical center licensed under | ||
| Chapter 243; and | ||
| (2) a hospital licensed under Chapter 241. | ||
| Sec. 324.152. MANDATORY DISCLOSURE ON INTERNET WEBSITE. A | ||
| facility subject to this subchapter shall post on the facility's | ||
| Internet website: | ||
| (1) a listing of the health benefit plans in which the | ||
| facility is a participating provider in the health benefit plan's | ||
| provider network; and | ||
| (2) a statement informing consumers that: | ||
| (A) physician services provided in the facility | ||
| are not included in the facility's billed charges and the consumer | ||
| may receive a bill for medical services from a physician for the | ||
| amount unpaid by the consumer's health benefit plan; | ||
| (B) a physician who may provide services to the | ||
| consumer while the consumer is in the facility may not be a | ||
| participating provider with the same third-party payors as the | ||
| facility; and | ||
| (C) the consumer should contact the physician | ||
| arranging the facility services to determine if the physician is a | ||
| participating provider in the provider network of the consumer's | ||
| health benefit plan. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
